After shedding more than the weight of the average British man and reversing diabetes Andy Horn is ready to be fighting fit.

The taxi firm clerk once tipped the scales at an eye-watering 37 stone and 11 pounds but after two years of hard work he’s shed almost 14 stone – stopping his type two diabetes and putting him on the road to a ‘normal’ life.

The 46-year-old who was unable to walk without feeling excruciating pain, said:“At breakfast, I was eating four slices of bread with bacon and black pudding. I would put away takeaways like there was no tomorrow.

“Everything bad for you, I was eating.

“I was in such a dark place, I was so depressed. I could not walk 10 or 15 yards without being in excruciating pain.

“I was the fat kid at school and it really piled on after I left. I was a heart attack or stroke waiting to happen.”

Andy Horn from West Denton, Newcastle, weighed just under 38 stone but has turned his life around after joining Slimming World (Image: Andy Horn)

After several failed diets, and with his weight proving a heavy burden on his marriage to wife Michelle.

But the determined dieter gave it one more try and joined Slimming World in May 2015 - and began to transform his life.

Andy added: “It suddenly just clicked for me, I can’t remember what it was. As the weight started coming off, my diabetes gradually came under control.

“I started taking gentle walks to the end of my street and just kept pushing myself a little bit further every day.